Numbers 31:4 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 31:4

Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

KJV

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Of every tribe a thousand,.... So that the whole number of those that were armed were 12,000 as after given: throughout all the tribes of Israel; this is observed, as Jarchi thinks, to comprehend the tribe of Levi, which in some cases was left out of the account: shall ye send to the war; to fight with Midian.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶ֚לֶף	'E.lef	one thousand	H505 →
לַמַּטֶּ֔ה	la.ma.Teh	to the tribe	H4294 →
אֶ֖לֶף	'E.lef	one thousand	H505 →
לַמַּטֶּ֑ה	la.ma.Teh	to the tribe	H4294 →
לְכֹל֙	le.Khol	for all	H3605 →
מַטּ֣וֹת	ma.Tot	[the] tribes of	H4294 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ	tish.le.Chu	you will send out	H7971 →
לַצָּבָֽא׃	la.tza.Va'	to <the> war	H6635 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4294lamatehto the tribe252×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 23:10
  One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Deuteronomy 28:7
  The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
Through
Judges 7:2
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
leads to
- Deuteronomy 8:17
  You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–29
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7
  Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- Romans 11:18
  do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
Through
1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD…
leads to
- Matthew 19:26
  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

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